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New Scientist magazine<\/i><\/b> published a series of articles about the 10 major events that are likely to happen in the field of science and technology in the coming year.<\/p>\n8 Most Expected Science and Technology Advances in 2014<\/h2>\n
1. Space is getting closer<\/h3>\n
In 2014, two spacecraft that will help people finally reach Mars<\/strong> will be tested. In September, NASA will launch spacecraft Orion,<\/strong> designed for deep space missions, in a 4-hour flight around the Earth.<\/p>\n Also next year the first launch of the rocket Falcon Heavy<\/strong>, developed by a private company SpaceX<\/em>, will take place. It is able to deliver to Mars 13200 kg of cargo and should become the most powerful rocket available today. It lacks the power to take people with all the necessary equipment to Mars at one time, but it can help to start sending loads to the “red planet” before sending expeditions.<\/p>\n In 2013, the world saw Comet ISON<\/a> flying in the sky. In 2014, humanity will pay a return visit: spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA)<\/em> Rosetta<\/strong> will orbit the Churyumov-Gerasimenko comet<\/strong> and land on its surface.<\/p>\n Currently, the celestial body is moving at a speed of 16 km\/s, and the Rosetta is catching it at a speed of 800 m\/s. In November 2014, the spacecraft will separate from the landing module Philae, which is destined to become the first spacecraft to land on a comet.<\/p>\n The onboard laboratory will study soil samples and send the results back to Earth to find out whether our oceans and plenty of molecules, which are necessary for life, owe their appearance to these celestial bodies<\/strong>.<\/p>\n In 2013, Russian scientists managed to penetrate<\/a> into Lake Vostok,<\/strong> an ice pond that is deeper than 500 m and is buried under a 4-km layer of Arctic ice.<\/p>\n In 2014, scientists have to find out whether there is life in there<\/strong>, which can survive high pressure, without sunlight, at extremely low temperatures, and in complete isolation. The Discovery of living organisms in its waters will be the last proof of the adaptability of all living beings to environmental conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n Cloning dinosaurs using DNA samples remains possible only in the movie “Jurassic Park<\/em>“, but scientists make substantial gains when it comes to reading the genome of ancient creatures<\/strong> – though not so ancient as the dinosaurs. In 2014, the genome of the distant human ancestor Homo Erectus,<\/strong><\/em> who lived on Earth for more than one million years ago, may be assembled.<\/p>\n2. Life in the depths of Lake Vostok ice<\/h3>\n
3. Cloning human ancestors<\/h3>\n